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Government reform to close super gender gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Women are facing significant challenges when it comes to saving for retirement and the gender gap won't be relieved without government input. That was the key message shared by Minister for Financial Services and Revenue Kelly O'Dwyer in a video address ...

Super 2.0 must deliver retirement certainty: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... deliver a comfortable retirement for all and reduce the numbers of people on the old age pension - it must close the gender gap and it must be fiscally sustainable over the long-term," Loane said. "Australians want certainty and confidence in superannuation. ...

Super changes to widen super gender gap: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... $284,312 for men (1.84 times). Roberts notes that results such as those from the HILDA survey highlight the appalling gender gap in superannuation at retirement between men and women. "On the 2014 survey, the mean account balance for females aged around ...

FSC names new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... respected across the industry, particularly for her determined efforts to promote policy to close the superannuation gender gap." After Loane welcomed Lloyd to the stage, Lloyd thanked Cooper for his contributions to the organisation and for "steering ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... minister for sport and shadow assistant minister for investment and productivity listed adequacy, tax concessions and the gender gap as the three key benchmarks Labor will use to evaluate the government's superannuation policy. Chalmers outlined four ...

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... recent Sunsuper Women and Money Summit where a panel of female financial advisers gave their views on how to address the gender gap in retirement savings. Education and expanding financial literacy was seen as the most important tool, as well as maintaining ...

Ending super gender gap needs collective approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
One single strategy will not be enough to end the superannuation savings gap between men and women, industry stakeholders have concluded. Submissions to the Senate inquiry into 'Economic security for women in retirement' show that the industry is asking ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be examined under a gender lens and chief executive Tom ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... from adjustments to excessive tax concessions for high income earners are not directed at improving the superannuation gender gap "it will be a betrayal of the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group Women in Super, who recently ...